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Alan_Hepburn · 07-09-2019, 02:52 PM

One of the things I like to do is to zoom in pretty tight on the map in satellite view and "drive" the route, looking for anything that might be a problem in real life. With Streets & Trips the keyboard arrows do a good job of scrolling; in RVTW the arrows don't work - I have to "grab" a point on the map and drag it with my mouse. That gets tiring after a while - is there any way to make it so that the arrow keys will scroll the map?

Victory Blue · 07-10-2019, 08:56 AM

I tried this on my PC running Win 10 and Firefox and discovered something odd. After zooming in the arrow keys don’t scroll the map, but if I drag the route with the mouse just a little the arrow keys become active and will then scroll. Zoom level doesn’t seem to matter, but if I zoom in or out I have to drag with the mouse just a little to reactivate the arrow keys. This works in both map and sat views on my computer.

Alan_Hepburn · 07-10-2019, 11:45 AM

I just tried that and it does appear to work - but I have to hold the arrow key down. It starts scrolling real slow, then picks up speed. The old S&T program would move the image one screen at a time with each button push - I guess I can get used to moving the screen this way...

Victory Blue · 07-10-2019, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Alan_Hepburn

I just tried that and it does appear to work - but I have to hold the arrow key down. It starts scrolling real slow, then picks up speed. The old S&T program would move the image one screen at a time with each button push - I guess I can get used to moving the screen this way...

What is one screen in S&T?

I always “fly” the non-interstate portions of my intended routes, usually in Google maps sat view using the arrow keys and like the map to move in small increments, not big jumps.

In RVTW I found that holding down a key was good for a quick long scroll across the map and then tapping the key multiple times quickly scrolled the map in small increments to focus on the area I’m interested in.